1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

It was held in the United Kingdom, between 1–16 May 1944, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.Also attending was Prime Minister Sir Godfrey Huggins of the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia, and representing India was The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.Members of the Churchill War Cabinet and the High Commissioners of the Dominions also attended.The British Commonwealth leaders agreed to support the Moscow Declaration and reached agreement regarding their respective roles in the overall Allied war effort.Curtin viewed it as an internal matter for the British government, King was sympathetic, and the remainder simply voiced their acknowledgement of the communiques.
United KingdomLondonWinston ChurchillPrime Minister of the United Kingdom1937 Imperial ConferenceMoscow DeclarationMeetingHeads of GovernmentBritish CommonwealthPrime MinisterDominionsJohn CurtinWilliam Lyon Mackenzie KingPeter FraserNew ZealandJan SmutsSouth AfricaSir Godfrey Hugginsself-governing colonySouthern RhodesiaThe Maharaja of Jammu and KashmirChurchill War CabinetAlliedRobert McIntyreDouglas YoungScottish National PartyScottish independenceScotlandClement AttleeDeputy Prime MinisterThe Lord BeaverbrookLord Privy SealSir John AndersonChancellor of the ExchequerAnthony EdenForeign SecretaryHerbert MorrisonHome SecretaryThe Viscount CranborneDominions SecretaryOliver StanleyColonial SecretaryLeo AmeryIndia and Burma SecretarySir Percy GriggWar SecretaryA. V. AlexanderFirst Lord of the AdmiraltySir Archibald Sinclair, BtAir SecretarySir Stafford CrippsMinister of Aircraft ProductionBrendan BrackenMinister of InformationErnest BevinMinister of Labour and National ServiceOliver LytteltonMinister of ProductionThe Lord WooltonMinister of ReconstructionThe Lord CherwellPaymaster GeneralAustraliaStanley BruceHigh CommissionerCanadaVincent MasseyHari SinghMaharajaJammu and KashmirSir Feroz Khan NoonBill JordanDeneys ReitzChief of the Imperial General StaffField MarshalSir Alan BrookeFirst Sea LordAdmiral of the FleetSir Andrew CunninghamChief of the Air StaffMarshal of the Royal Air ForceSir Charles PortalThomas BlameyLieutenant-generalHastings IsmayEdward PuttickFrederick SheddenNorman RobertsonRichard HopkinsPermanent Secretary to the TreasuryList of Allied World War II conferencesNational Library of ScotlandEdinburghRobert Douglas McIntyreMinister of DefenceFirst Lord of the TreasuryLord President of the CouncilLeader of the House of CommonsMinister of Home SecurityMinister for Defence CoordinationSecretary of State for External AffairsPresident of the Privy CouncilMinister of Foreign AffairsCommonwealth Heads of Government MeetingsColonial and Imperial Conferences1917–1918Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conferences1966 (Jan)1966 (Sept)Heads of Government MeetingsDiplomatic history of World War IIConferencesU.S.–British Staff ConferenceFirst Inter-Allied ConferenceAtlantic ConferenceFirst Moscow ConferenceArcadia ConferenceThird Inter-Allied ConferenceSecond Washington ConferenceSecond Moscow ConferenceCasablanca ConferenceAdana ConferenceThird Washington ConferenceFirst Quebec ConferenceThird Moscow ConferenceCairo ConferenceGreater East Asia ConferenceTehran ConferenceSecond Cairo ConferenceBretton Woods ConferenceDumbarton Oaks ConferenceSecond Quebec ConferenceFourth Moscow ConferenceMalta ConferenceYalta ConferenceUnited Nations Conference on International OrganizationPotsdam ConferenceMunich AgreementMolotov–Ribbentrop PactPact of SteelAnglo-Thai Non-Aggression PactDestroyers-for-bases dealFranco-Italian ArmisticeMoscow Peace TreatyTripartite PactDeclaration of St James's PalaceAnglo-Soviet AgreementArmistice of Saint Jean d'AcreAtlantic CharterGerman–Turkish Treaty of FriendshipParis ProtocolsDeclaration by United NationsPunishment for War CrimesAnglo-Soviet Treaty of 1942Armistice of CassibileCairo DeclarationMoscow DeclarationsDeclaration of the Four NationsTreaty between the United States and China for the Relinquishment of Extraterritorial Rights in ChinaSino-British Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in ChinaMoscow ArmisticeNuremberg CharterPotsdam AgreementPotsdam DeclarationUnited Nations CharterParis Peace TreatiesTreaty of San FranciscoAustrian State TreatyTreaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to GermanyAnglo-French Supreme War CouncilSino-American Cooperative OrganizationEuropean Advisory CommissionCouncil of Foreign MinistersGerman Instrument of SurrenderJapanese Instrument of Surrender